Shiner's false claims against British troops were "shameful" - says James Carver MEP

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 3 months ago0 comments

Former reservist West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver has spoken of his delight that lawyer Phil Shiner, who brought abuse claims against British troops, has been struck off after a misconduct he… Continue Reading »

Record highs for UK economy

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 3 months ago0 comments

Yesterday we had yet another flurry of positive post referendum economic data. Employment hit a record high as UK firms keep on hiring, investor sentiment has risen to its highest level since be… Continue Reading »

National Insurance hike is a savage attack on the self-employed

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 2 months ago0 comments

West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver has joined the attack on the Chancellor accusing him of making life worse for millions of self-employed workers following yesterday’s national insurance hike.… Continue Reading »

Happy Commonwealth Day!

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 2 months ago0 comments

"Today, we celebrate the unique and historical bond which unites 53 nations that make up the Commonwealth," said West Midlands MEP James Carver, UKIP's Foreign and Commonwealth affairs spokesman… Continue Reading »

Commonwealth's treasure chest for UK's future

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 2 months ago1 comments

On the first Commonwealth Day since the historic referendum, James Carver MEP has reiterated how the Commonwealth has become ever more relevant, as Britain prepares to look towards a global futu… Continue Reading »

PM calls General Election

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 1 month ago1 comments

I am surprised the PM has called this election but it is clearly an indication that she believes a large proportion of MPs are choosing to ignore the will of the people who voted in last year's … Continue Reading »

Calls to do more to end FGM barbarism

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year, 1 month ago0 comments

A West Midlands UKIP MEP is calling for more effective action to outlaw the illegal and barbaric practice of female genital mutilation after more than 5,000 new cases affecting women and girls l… Continue Reading »

James Carver resigns as party spokesman

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year ago13 comments

West Midlands MEP James Carver has resigned as UKIP’s Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs spokesman, following the announcement of the party’s integration policy, including a pledge to ban the Musl… Continue Reading »

Over-blown cost of immigration controls

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 year ago0 comments

Claims that tightening controls on immigration would cost the Exchequer up to £6bn a year have been repeated by the BBC over recent days as if fact and the record needs putting straight, said We… Continue Reading »

Putting DY5 on the map

by Sarah CousinPosted 11 months ago0 comments

Brierley Hill’s new business and innovation enterprise zone will be able to take advantage of Britain’s global place in the world free from the shackles of the European Union, said West Midlands… Continue Reading »

We must ensure the rights of the Chagossians to return to their homeland

by Sarah CousinPosted 11 months ago0 comments

Following the UN General Assembly's vote to refer the issue of the Chagos Islands to the ICJ in The Hague, West Midlands MEP, James Carver, a long -time advocate and supporter of Chagossians, wi… Continue Reading »

Time the council turned over a new leaf

by Sarah CousinPosted 10 months, 4 weeks ago0 comments

Kidderminster-based MEP James Carver is calling for the town’s streets to be cleared of weeds and tons of sprouting greenery at the base of roadside trees to put “pride” back in communities and … Continue Reading »

The myth of the EU's "single voice"

by Sarah CousinPosted 10 months, 1 week ago0 comments

The notion that the EU states will put up a unified block to Britain’s Brexit negotiations, forcing us to submissively settle for a less than acceptable outcome is simply a myth, says West Midla… Continue Reading »

Call for price cap on energy prices

by Sarah CousinPosted 10 months, 1 week ago0 comments

West Midlands MEP James Carver is urging the region’s MPs to support cross-party calls for the Prime Minister to keep her manifesto promise to cap the price of gas and electricity to stop energy… Continue Reading »

No deal is better than a bad deal

by Sarah CousinPosted 9 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

The weekend’s Telegraph claims that the Government could pay up to £36 billion in a financial settlement with the EU if Brussels agrees to negotiate it “as part of a deal on future relations, in… Continue Reading »

Electoral reform is needed for a modern democracy

by Sarah CousinPosted 9 months ago0 comments

Here in the UK, we are not generally quick to embrace change and indeed relish our traditions, but sometimes change is for the better and some traditions are best consigned to the history books,… Continue Reading »

European Court of Justice must not be allowed to sneak in through the back door

by Sarah CousinPosted 9 months ago0 comments

In negotiating the end of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK, we must be mindful not to allow it back in through the back door, warns West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver… Continue Reading »

TUC risks becoming an irrelevance

by Sarah CousinPosted 8 months, 3 weeks ago0 comments

West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver is urging the TUC to save itself from annihilation by pulling back from its anti-Brexit stance at next week’s conference and support the majority view of its … Continue Reading »

The UK must stay Gibraltar's rock

by Sarah CousinPosted 8 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

Following Gibraltar’s National day yesterday, West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver said it was good to hear the Rock’s chief minister was keen to forge even stronger ties with the UK after Brexi… Continue Reading »

TV slot on politics show

by Sarah CousinPosted 8 months ago0 comments

Tune into this week's BBC Sunday Politics programme at 11.30am to hear James talking about the UKIP leadership race, the relevance of the party now and his hopes for its future - hopefully with … Continue Reading »

High time Labour remoaners signed off

by Sarah CousinPosted 8 months ago0 comments

The Labour MPs who signed an open letter published in the Observer at the weekend, seeking membership of the single market post-Brexit must be naïve if they can’t see the potential damage to neg… Continue Reading »

MPs move to block Theresa May from signing ‘no deal’ Brexit

by Sarah CousinPosted 7 months, 1 week ago0 comments

Why doesn’t Ken Clarke and his gang, some Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrat and Green MPS, understand that by fighting to give Parliament the ability to veto, or prevent by other legal means, a bad … Continue Reading »

Thumbs up for techno uni

by Sarah CousinPosted 6 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

Up to £15 million of funding towards the setting up of a new ‘greenfield’ university in Herefordshire specialising in high-quality engineering courses, has been welcomed by the region’s UKIP MEP… Continue Reading »

Frustrating to watch!

by Sarah CousinPosted 6 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

UKIP MEP James Carver said it was “frustrating” to watch the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee vote in favour of a dedicated budget and more tools to strengthen the union’s foreign… Continue Reading »

Escape from Eu-catraz!

by Sarah CousinPosted 5 months, 3 weeks ago0 comments

“Get me out of here – just in the nick of time!” pleads West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver, as an EU commissioner talks about rule changes to enable common tax rates to be levied across all mem… Continue Reading »

Not what we voted for!

by Sarah CousinPosted 5 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

The Brexit deal agreed early today will make the UK subservient to EU rules and regulations and hinder our ability to trade on an equal footing – this is not what the electorate voted for, said … Continue Reading »

High time to cull the vultures

by Sarah CousinPosted 4 months, 1 week ago0 comments

West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver is urging the Government to act faster to halt the scourge of bogus holiday sickness and fraudulent minor whiplash claims, which are costing the public billio… Continue Reading »

Compensation claims are a weighty burden on our NHS

by Sarah CousinPosted 4 months ago0 comments

A Worcestershire politician is urging hospital patients to “think twice” before chasing low-level compensation claims, but also for the NHS to accept liability more readily when significant mist… Continue Reading »

Birmingham Airport is flying high!

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 months, 4 weeks ago0 comments

West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver hailed figures showing Birmingham Airport had its busiest year in 2017 and enjoyed 30 consecutive months of record-breaking growth as “great news” for the bus… Continue Reading »

Plenty to celebrate on Valentine's Day

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 months, 1 week ago0 comments

Latest figures this Valentine’s Day showing record UK exports in flowers, wine and chocolate prove the world has a very special love affair for our quality products, says West Midlands UKIP MEP … Continue Reading »

Lifeline rehab centre saved from closure threat

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 months, 1 week ago0 comments

Kidderminster-based MEP James Carver is "delighted" the town’s rehabilitation centre, The Grange, has been saved - four months after he first brought the closure plan to the attention of the pu… Continue Reading »

The dreadful rise in knife crime must stop

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 months ago0 comments

Appalled by the shocking surge in stabbings across the West Midlands since the start of 2018, which has seen five people killed, regional UKIP MEP James Carver, is backing demands for tougher pe… Continue Reading »

Tough questions for the EU negotiators!

by Sarah CousinPosted 2 months, 2 weeks ago0 comments

What the European Commission has been saying is in direct contradiction to its own commitments, words and indeed founding principles surrounding the recognition of the constitutional and territo… Continue Reading »

Irony of British icon in foreign hands

by Sarah CousinPosted 2 months ago0 comments

A West Midlands MEP has joined the clamour of disapproval over the decision to give a Franco-Dutch company the lucrative contract to print iconic British blue passports after the UK leaves the E… Continue Reading »

Trade deals down under on the table

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 month, 3 weeks ago0 comments

News that Britain will have at least two bumper new free trade deals signed and ready to implement on the day the transition period ends, has been welcomed by West Midlands UKIP MEP James Carver… Continue Reading »

A lesson worth remembering

by Sarah CousinPosted 1 month, 2 weeks ago0 comments

The situation Singapore found itself in when it declared its independence from Malaysia in 1965 bears some interesting similarities to the situation Britain finds itself in now, says West Midlan… Continue Reading »

Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Show

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 weeks, 3 days ago0 comments

It was good to have the opportunity to talk to Patrick Burns and fellow panellists on yesterday's Sunday Politics show, covering wide ranging issues, including this week's local elections, and c… Continue Reading »

Treacherous betrayal by the Lords

by Sarah CousinPosted 3 weeks, 2 days ago0 comments

The Lords finally and unequivocally demonstrated yesterday just how out of touch their unelected peers are and there is no wonder more than 120,000 people have signed a petition demanding they b… Continue Reading »